‘Creating gossip’: Visit to town aims to crack woman’s disappearance
A Crimestoppers team sent into far north Queensland communities to find out new information about a missing mother is hopeful of a breakthrough.
Cold Cases
New lead in Cheryl’s haunting 51-year cold case
Retired detective Frank Sanvitale is tortured by the abduction of little Cheryl Grimmer 51 years ago, but now believes he has fresh evidence that could finally bring peace to her shattered family.
After 73 years, Somerton Man is finally exhumed
The unknown Somerton Man has been exhumed and placed into a new coffin to be transported for forensic testing. Police say his remains are in “reasonable” condition for DNA extraction.
New footage reveals how ‘life went out’ of Floyd’s body
A doctor revealed how a new video of George Floyd showed him dying as he tried to get air into his lungs. WARNING: Graphic
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Breakthrough in Geelong cold case
There has been a major development in one of Geelong’s biggest cold case mysteries, the alleged murder of Annette Steward in 1992.
Who is hiding this brutal assassin?
An extraordinary new photo has emerged of a killer who is still out on the streets after he assassinated a diplomat in Australia. Police have moved to question sources in Sydney and Melbourne.
The questions remaining over EastLink shooting
The execution-style killing of Croydon man Paul Virgona on the EastLink freeway shook Victoria. More than a month has passed since the shock shooting, but these are the questions that still need answering, Charlie Bezzina says.
Most mystifying cold cases of the decade
Gangster Carl Williams was bludgeoned to death by Matthew Johnson in a brutal jailhouse killing — but was it organised by someone else? This case is among Victoria’s most mystifying unsolved crimes of the decade.
‘John Taylor’ key to murder mystery
The mystery man was supposed to take Gaye Baker to an ‘end-of-stocktake’ pool party. But all the details he gave – including the existence of the party itself – were later discovered to be false. Can you help crack this horrifying cold case?
Breakthrough looms over death in paradise
Officers say they are getting closer to solving the murder of wealthy 89-year-old Hugo Benscher, found bound, gagged and bashed in his Gold Coast canalfront home in 1992.
Found: The pathologist’s report in Somerton Man case
For 70 years, the report by the pathologist who examined the body of the Somerton Man – an unidentified man found dead on an Adelaide beach – lay hidden in a library. Now it’s been found.
Notorious ‘high-risk’ violent offender freed again
Nikola Novakovich, who was acquitted of an Outback schoolgirl murder despite a judge finding he had “some involvement in the death”, has been freed from jail under supervision.
Murder plot with a random victim
The woman who hired air force policewoman Gaye Baker as a part-time escort believes the killer carefully planned her murder and didn’t care who his victim was. PODCAST EPISODE 2
‘People out there know who killed him’
The sister of murdered horse trainer George Brown believes those who know who killed her brother 35 years ago are still too frightened to come forward. Controversial bookmaking giant Bill Waterhouse, who died a fortnight ago, has now been linked to the crime.
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